Top 10: Most points in NBA game by one player

#7 Wilt Chamberlain - 72 points, 3rd November 1962

Chamberlain In The Air

Match Score: San Francisco Warriors 115 - 127 Los Angeles Lakers

Statline: 72 points, 18 rebounds, 29-of-48 shooting from the field, 14-of-18 on free throws

It can be argued that this was the point of the season when the Warriors really began going downhill.

They began with a 5-1 record up until this game, but despite a characteristically gargantuan performance from their star big man, the Warriors squandered a halftime lead to lose the match by 12 points.

Jerry West and Baylor combined for 79 points on 68 shots, with the combo guard going off for 49 points while making 21 of his 35 attempts.

West and Baylor also had 27 rebounds together, as Baylor grabbed 18 of them and West had nine.

It took a third-quarter explosion from West to get the Lakers going, as they consolidated on their eight-point lead at the end of the period with a 40-point final quarter.